Examines the position of school libraries in the educational system and discusses the lack of adequately trained staff to ensure the development and maximum efficiency of these libraries, and the need for all school libraries to meet certain minimum standards. (VT)

A survey of the library system in Iran, consisting of about two thousand libraries and five million volumes, under the following headings: National Library: The Present, Pahlavi National Library: The Future, Public Libraries, Children's Libraries, Academic Libraries, School Libraries, Libraries for Tribal Schools, Special Libraries, Iranian…

This report of empirical information gathered from institutions in the public library network during a brief visit to Vietnam includes descriptions of the National Library, its classification scheme, the National Bibliography, the Library Council, the Hanoi People's Library, the Saigon National Library (now National Library No. 2), and the Social…

Describes an experimental "reference desk" on the American pattern in the Mulla Sadra Library of Pahlavi University. Results showed that the role of the reference librarian in the traditional societies needs to be more concerned with education of the library user and public relations than in the Western nations. (VT)